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History of
Snowboarding __ You will find a complete year by year breakdown
of snowboarding history. - From sbhistory.de -
http://www.sbhistory.de/

History of
Snowboarding __ "Snowboarding was invented only about 35 years
ago. In 1963 a man named Tom Sims made a snowboard out of plywood. He was in
eighth grade and he did this in his shop class. He called it a ski board. He
later formed a company that makes many snowboards." Along with a
couple of others who are given credit for inventing the sport, you will find
a brief overview and some additional resources. -
http://library.thinkquest.org/3885/history.html

History of
snowboarding / snowboard __ "In 1964 a young surf freak called
Sherman Poppen was dreaming about surfing the magic winter landscape of the
Rockies. As a consequence, he built a surfboard for the snow." And the
story goes from there. - illustrated - From bulgariaski.com -
http://www.bulgariaski.com/snowboarding.shtml

How Snowboarding Got Its
Start - History & Fun Facts __ An essat about the history of
snowboarding with embedded links to related materials, video too. -
illustrated - From chiff.com -
http://www.chiff.com/a/snowboarding.htm

Snowboarding History
__ "The first Snowboard-like-invention was built in 1929 by M.J. "Jack"
Burchett. He cut out a plank of plywood and secured his feet with a length
of clothesline and horse reins. Thus the first "Snowboard" was invented. "
A brief overview. - From snowboardinghistory.com -
http://www.snowboardinghistory.com/